Re: WordPerfect Office 2000 for Linux - Deluxe

On 2010-11-03 12:28 PM, Bill Strosberg wrote:
> If you are able to generate a document
> identical to one that uses "display codes", what exact benefit does the
> feature provide?

The OP is correct; 'reveal codes' is fundamentally important: it allows you to 
see, not just 'what you get' but 'why you got it'. You NEED to know why you got 
it, to ensure that your intentions survive unconnected modifications.

To give a trivial example, suppose I create a document with tabs in it, and my 
kid comes along and adds a paragraph using a row of spaces instead. It might 
look right TODAY, but what if I decide to change the tab spacing? Now her edits 
look broken. Another example would be an accidental carriage return at a place 
in a paragraph where a word wrap occurred anyway.

I feel so passionately about the need for 'reveal codes' that I sometimes write 
documents using SeaMonkey in HTML. I know... HTML is the most GodAwful rendering 
scheme in the known universe, and feel free to have a good laugh at my expense; 
but I don't care... I've got 'reveal codes' for free on the 'HTML source' tab.

And I may learn groff some day.

Are there any XML based editors that have a WYSIWYG GUI, but allow to view the 
underlying XML?

-- 
Andy
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